The red, steel beams are still exposed on one part of the three-story building, while the beams on the other portions are covered with gray concrete construction blocks. Cranes sit idly on the site while cement truck barrels spin and metal clangs.

“It’s just amazing. The children of the city of Havre de Grace are going to be in for such a treat,” Martin said.

The school is scheduled to be finished and open for the 2020-2021 school year, which Havre de Grace Councilman David Glenn said is still on track.

“The project engineer said everything is good to go, and he feels confident the opening in fall 2020 is going to happen,” said Glenn, one of the driving forces behind behind the new building.

“You get excited that all the hard work and the commitment from the community and all the work from the parents to the students, it all truly pays off,” he said. “You can’t help but get excited — there’s no turning back now.”

Martin said he takes a tour of the construction site every five to six weeks, led by Havre de Grace Middle School Principal Jaime Johnson.

He also said he has a good relationship with Harry Miller, the assistant supervisor of planning and construction for Harford County Public Schools, who is from Havre de Grace and is on the city’s water and sewer commission.

The much anticipated groundbreaking ceremony for the new Havre de Grace Middle/High School was held Thursday afternoon on the site off Lewis Lane.

Miller said in an email, “The Havre de Grace Middle/High School construction project continues to be on schedule to open for the 2020-2021 school year within projected construction costs.”

The office, library and auditorium will be in the center of the building, with the middle school and high schools wings on each side, he said.

“It’s one thing to see the dirt, but it’s another to see the cranes and steel beams,” Martin said. “It’s really coming along, on time and on target.”

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Two people — including a 7-year-old boy — were killed in a multi-vehicle crash in Harford County on Monday, Maryland State Police said.

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Two people — including a 7-year-old boy — were killed in a multi-vehicle crash in Harford County on Monday, Maryland State Police said.

Two people — including a 7-year-old boy — were killed in a multi-vehicle crash in Harford County on Monday, Maryland State Police said.

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Harford County Public Schools Superintendent Sean Bulson is trying to close a $35 million dollar gap in the school budget. Bulson has proposed cutting 179 positions, 153 instructional and 26 administrative positions across the school system at elementary and secondary levels.

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Former U.S. Senator Joseph D. Tydings died of cancer at the age of 90 on Monday.

Former U.S. Senator Joseph D. Tydings died of cancer at the age of 90 on Monday.

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More than 100 people gathered in Bel Air Thursday to protest in support of the Mueller investigation and against President Donald Trump.

More than 100 people gathered in Bel Air Thursday to protest in support of the Mueller investigation and against President Donald Trump.